WatchGuard AP322 Overview:

WatchGuard’s AP322 brings secure, cloud-managed Wi-Fi to the outdoors. Its rugged, IP67-rated enclosure protects the wireless access point from the wind, rain, and cold weather, while six integrated omnidirectional antennas operate with three spatial streams per radio (3x3 MIMO) to deliver broad, fast, and reliable Wi-Fi coverage. The AP322 is ideal for stadiums and sports fields, schools/universities, malls, parks, hotel pool areas and open air cafes, shipping docks, warehouses, and other harsh environments or outdoor locations.

Flexible Management Options
You can manage AP322 access points with either a Firebox, via the Gateway Wireless Controller with lightweight feature set, or with WatchGuard’s Wi-Fi Cloud. And with the Wi-Fi Cloud you get an expanded set of features including strong WIPS security, marketing tools, and location-based analytics for optimal business insights.

Performance Without CompromiseIncorporating the latest 802.11ac standards, you’ll have speeds of up to 1.3 Gbps over the air, without sacrificing security. When managed by the Wi-Fi Cloud, WatchGuard APs come standard with RF optimization, spectrum monitoring, and trouble-shooting built in.

Uniquely Effective Approach to Security
Using patented Marker Packet technology, WatchGuard’s cloud-managed WIPS (Wireless Intrusion Prevention System) defends your airspace from unauthorized devices, manin-the-middle and denial-of-service attacks, rogue APs and more. As a dedicated WIPS sensor, the AP322 can be added to any existing Wi-Fi network for a powerful layer of patented security features simply unavailable in most AP devices.

Advantages of Cloud-Based Managemnt
WatchGuard’s secure cloud-managed APs deliver the most comprehensive set of features for the price – including marketing tools for customizable user engagement and locationbased analytics for enhanced business insights. With the WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud, IT pros can enjoy an entirely controller-less Wi-Fi management experience including setup, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving corporate and guest Wi-Fi access, without worrying about the limitations of legacy controller infrastructure. Wi-Fi Cloud environments easily scale from one to an unlimited number of APs across multiple locations. APs can be grouped in many ways including location, building, floor, and customer to maintain consistent policies.

Feature and Benefits

Support for up to 8 individual SSIDs per radio allows for maximum flexibility in network design.

The IP67 sealed enclosure protects APs in harsh, wet outdoor environments so they can be mounted with direct exposure to the elements – no overhang or shelter required.

AP322 devices can be converted to a dedicated security sensor with a single click for maximum wireless protection.

Manage with Wi-Fi Cloud for expanded features including strong WIPS security, marketing tools and location-based analytics for enhanced business insights.

Patented Marker Packet technology is used to accurately detect authorized, unauthorized, and external access points on any network with the fewest false positives in the industry.

WatchGuard Access Point

Offering basic Wi-Fi access doesn’t give you a competitive advantage, it offers you a chance to compete. With benefits ranging from increased productivity to improved customer satisfaction, implementing a wireless network for your employees and guests has become the table stakes of doing business. But Wi-Fi also opens your business to significant security risks, and can be complicated to deploy and manage, not to mention expensive.

WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud solutions, true game-changers in today’s market, are engineered to provide a safe, protected airspace for your Wi-Fi environments, while eliminating administrative headaches and greatly reducing costs. With expansive engagement tools and visibility into business analytics, they deliver the competitive advantage your business needs to succeed.

Enterprise-Grade Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS)

Our cloud-managed access points have built-in WIPS to help ensure you have the protection you need. Using patented Marker Packet technology, WatchGuard WIPS defends your airspace from unauthorized devices, man-in-the-middle and denial-of-service attacks, rogue APs and more – and with close to zero false positives. For even greater protection, deploy our APs with a WatchGuard Firebox to extend the Firebox’s best-in-class UTM defenses, like application control and zero day malware protection, to your WLAN.

Flexible Management Options

WatchGuard offers two management scenarios to meet the needs of SMBs and distributed enterprises. You can manage any of our access points with either a Firebox via the Gateway Wireless Controller with lightweight feature set, or with WatchGuard’s Wi-Fi Cloud. And with the Wi-Fi Cloud you get an expanded set of features including strong WIPS security, marketing tools, and location-based analytics for optimal business insights. And for ultimate peace of mind, rely on a Firebox UTM-protected network with WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud-managed APs to realize the full marketing and security potential of a cloud-managed access point solution.

Patented Wireless Security

Our cloud-managed access points have built-in Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) to help ensure you have the protection you need. Using patented Marker Packet technology, WatchGuard WIPS defends your airspace 24/7 from unauthorized devices, man-in-the-middle and denial-of-service attacks, rogue APs and more – and with close to zero false positives. With WatchGuard cloud-managed APs running WIPS, IT pros can deliver the high performance wireless connectivity their users demand, without compromising on security.

Management That Scales

WatchGuard grows with you. Wi-Fi Cloud environment can take your business from 1 to an unlimited number of access points across multiple locations, with no infrastructure, eliminating administrative headaches and greatly reducing cost. APs can be grouped in many ways including location, building, floor, and customer to maintain consistent policies.

RESTful API

WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud is built from the ground up on RESTful APIs to handle even the largest WLAN networks that, until now, would need to be served by on-premises WLAN controller solutions.

Reach Out to Mobile Users

Turn your Wi-Fi environment into a potent source of revenue and customer loyalty by leveraging the combined benefits of secure cloud-managed Wi-Fi, captive portal technology, and social media interaction. Use splash pages like the one at right to grab the attention of today’s mobile and connected consumers, engage them with videos, polls and surveys, and then take advantage of built-in analytics tools to better understand their habits and preferences.

Powerful Engagement & Analytics Tools

Gain actionable insights into customers with social login analytics. In combination with the social Wi-Fi features, data can be used to analyze demographic information including gender, age, and customer buying tendencies. Wi-Fi device location, customer dwell time, footfall, and new vs. repeat users can be captured with zone-based analytics. Dashboards and reports allow administrators to quickly view analytics at all levels, from the highest to the most granular view, across time segments and location groups - and there are no hidden third party costs.

Flexible Deployment Options:

WatchGuard offers three deployment scenarios to meet the needs of SMBs and distributed enterprises. Add an AP120 or AP320 to an existing Firebox UTM-protected network to extend that protection to the WLAN, while managing the device with the Firebox’s built-in gateway wireless controller. For full Engage and Analyze features, WIPS protection, scalable management and so much more in a stand-alone deployment, choose our Wi-Fi Cloud option. And for ultimate peace of mind, rely on a Firebox UTM-protected network with WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloudmanaged APs to realize the full marketing and security potential of a cloud-managed access point solution.

Wi-fi Solution:

WatchGuard has you covered, indoors and out

No matter what your wireless battleground is – remote offices, guest Wi-Fi, corporate access, public hotspots, outdoor environments – WatchGuard has a range of access points to fit your business needs. WatchGuard’s Wi-Fi packages allow you to quickly and easily find the right set of features your business needs today…and tomorrow.

No need to rip and replace, just add WIPS

Each WatchGuard access point has the flexibility to operate as both an access point and a dedicated WIPS security sensor. This means that when deployed as dedicated WIPS sensors, the devices work with your existing access points (Cisco, Aruba, Ruckus, Ubiquiti, etc) and add enterprise-grade wireless security protection to your network. In this case, instead of delivering secure Wi-Fi traffic to users, we deliver unprecedented WIPS security protection that is 100% dedicated to scanning the air and protecting your business from wireless threats.

Comparision Guide:

Designed from the ground up for businesses of all types and sizes, access points from WatchGuard deliver the best combination of security, performance, and manageability on the market. When managed by the WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud, these access points deliver fast, reliable wireless access while providing our customers with industry-leading wireless security, powerful guest engagement, and business-driven analytic tools.

Choose a cloud-ready access point that meets your business needs – whether indoors or outdoors – without sacrificing security.

AP120

AP322

AP325

AP420

Recommended
Use Cases

General low-density coverage including branch offices, stores, small classroom

High performance rugged outdoor including parks, hotel pool areas, open air restaurants, warehouses

High-density, high performance including large schools, meeting rooms, shopping malls

Radios & Streams

2x2:2 MIMO
Wave 1

3x3:3 MIMO
Wave 1

2x2:2 MU-MIMO
Wave 2

4x4:4 MU-MIMO
Wave 2
3rd WIPS radio

Deployment

Indoor

Outdoor

Indoor

Indoor

Number of Antennas

4 internal

6 internal

6 internal

10 internal

Maximum TX Power*

20 dBm

20 dBm

20 dBm

27 dBm

Maximum Data Rate
(5/2.4 GHz)

867 Mbps / 300 Mbps

1.3 Gbps / 450 Mbps

867 Mbps / 300 Mbps

1.7 Gbps / 800 Mbps

Maximum SSIDs per Radio

8

8

8

8

Ports

1x GbE

2x GbE

2x GbE

2x GbE

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

802.3af (PoE)

802.3at (PoE+)

802.3at (PoE+)

802.3at (PoE+)

A/C Adapter
(Sold Separately)

Optional

N/A

Optional

Optional

PoE+ Injector
(Sold Separately)

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Power Consumption

Max: 10W
Min: 5.7W
Average: 7.5W

Max: 19W
Min: 11W
Average: 16W

Max: 13W
Min: 11W
Average: 16W

Max: 20W
Min: 16W
Average: 18W

Mounting Options
(Included)

Wall/T-Bar Ceiling

Vertical wall or pole

T-Bar Ceiling

T-Bar Ceiling

Mounting Options
(Sold Separately)

Hard Ceiling

N/A

Flat surface
(wall, hard ceiling)

Flat surface
(wall, hard ceiling)

Operating Temperature

-4 to 158°F (-20 to 55°C)

-4 to 158°F (-20 to 55°C)

32 to 113°F (0 to 45°C)

32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)

Operating
Relative Humidity

5%-95% Non-condensing

5%-95% Non-condensing

5%-95% Non-condensing

0-95% Non-condensing

Storage Temperature

-40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)

-40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)

-4 to 149°F (-20 to 65°C)

-13 to 167°F (-25 to 75°C)

Non-Operating
Relative Humidity

5%-95% Non-condensing

5%-95% Non-condensing

5%-95% Non-condensing

0-95% Non-condensing

Product dimensions

8.26” x 8.26” x 2.63”
(210 x 210 x 67 mm)

8.26” x 8.26” x 2.63”
(210 x 210 x 67 mm)

7.72” x 7.72” x 1.69”
(196 x 196 x 43 mm)

8.66” x 8.66” x 2.24”
(220 x 220 x 57 mm)

Shipping dimensions

12.28” x 10.11” x 3.14”
(312 x 257 x 80 mm)

11.4” x 11” x 4.5”
(289 x 279 x 114 mm)

9.5” x 10” x 3”
(241.3 x 254 x 76.2 mm)

12.5” x 11.5” x 3”
(317.5 x 292.1 x 76.2 mm)

Product Weight

0.85 lbs (0.38 kg)

3.22 lbs (1.46 kg)

1.87 lbs (0.84 kg)

2.86 lbs (1.3 kg)

Shipping Weight

1.8 lbs (0.81 kg)

5.05 lbs (2.29 kg)

3 lbs (1.36 kg)

3.65 lbs (1.6 kg)

*Country-specific restrictions apply

You can manage all of WatchGuard’s access points with either a Firebox via the Gateway Wireless Controller or with the Wi-Fi Cloud. And, with Wi-Fi Cloud you get an expanded set of features including strong WIPS security, social network enabled captive portals, marketing tools, and location-based analytics for optimal business insights.